'Romantic Homicide' Singer D4vd Issues Statement on Celeste's Death Investigation
D4vd, the musician behind the song "Romantic Homicide," is being linked to a homicide investigation. A Tesla registered to the singer, whose real name is David Anthony Burke, was found on Sept. 8 to have human remains in its trunk, following the Los Angeles Police Department responding to reports of a bad odor coming from the vehicle. Now, the body of the girl that was has been identified by authorities.
The 15-year-old girl's named was Celeste Rivas, and she was identified through forensics, officials told NBC Los Angeles on Sept. 17. There is still no cause of death. According to Yahoo, "the Los Angeles County medical examiner is working to determine how Rivas died, but police are treating it as a homicide investigation."
Spokesperson Says D4vd is 'Cooperating with the Authorities'
D4vd is currently on a tour throughout North America and Europe for his debut album, Withered, and has remained silent about the investigation, for the most part.
But, D4vd's team has released a statement about the incident. A spokesperson for the 20-year-old told NBC News that he had been "informed about what’s happened, and although he is still out on tour, he is fully cooperating with the authorities." The statement appears in a Sept. 8 story from NBC News on the initial investigation.
When Los Angeles Police first found the body, the girl appeared to have been deceased inside the vehicle "for an extended period of time before being found," according to authorities. NBC news adds that, "Another body was found in a car Tuesday at a different tow yard in South Los Angeles as part of an investigation into a missing person, police said. That tow yard is near Western and Gage avenues, around 7 miles south of Hollywood."
D4vd has kept active in music ever since he became a social media star. Only five days before Rivas' body was found in his vehicle, Fortnite shared D4vd had written the very first official anthem for the game, a song called "Locked & Loaded."
"D4vd's career took off within the last few years after he started to create his own music to score Fortnite videos he made for YouTube. He eventually moved to TikTok, where many of his songs went viral," E Online notes of D4vd's career. "Some of his early releases included 'Romantic Homicide' and 'Here With Me.'"